The men's 5000 metres event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium on November 10.
Results edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
James Kwalia |  Qatar |
14:02.90 | |
 |
Ali Hasan Mahboob |  Bahrain |
14:03.44 | |
 |
Essa Ismail Rashed | Qatar |
14:04.52 | |
| 4 | Kensuke Takezawa |  Japan |
14:08.38 | |
| 5 | Tian Mengxu |  China |
14:09.70 | |
| 6 | Alemu Bekele Gebre | Bahrain |
14:11.61 | |
| 7 | Yang Dinghong | China |
14:18.00 | |
| 8 | Lee Du-haeng |  South Korea |
14:18.83 | |
| 9 | Baek Seung-ho | South Korea |
14:28.65 | |
| 10 | Ho Chin-ping |  Chinese Taipei |
14:37.83 | |
| 11 | Hari Kumar Rimal |  Nepal |
14:38.13 | |
| 12 | Ser-Od Bat-Ochir |  Mongolia |
14:47.01 | |
| 13 | Tserenpil Dembee | Mongolia |
15:27.42 | PB |
| Ajmal Amirov |  Tajikistan |
DNF |